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The Real Movers and Shakers
Instead of electoral politics, we should be paying more attention to the community-based movement building happening around the country.
US History Repeats Itself With Guest Worker Programs
Stories of abuse by employers from veterans of the Bracero Program demonstrate what is wrong with current US immigration
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Regulations Are Killed, and Kids Die
Under pressure, the Obama administration withdrew rules barring young laborers from dangerous work - a decision with grave consequences for several families.
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Noam Chomsky | Media Control and Indoctrination in the United States
In this excerpt, Noam Chomsky speaks with Free Speech Radio News about media control, fear, indoctrination and the importance of solidarity.
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The Dollar Will Be All Right
What is the US dollar's international role? Paul Krugman explains.
“Chernobyl Was Transparent Compared to Fukushima”: Harvey Wasserman on Ongoing Crisis
Nuclear power expert Harvey Wasserman talks with GRITtv about the ongoing Fukushima catastrophe, the dearth of information there, irradiated tuna and the terrifying prospect of Tokyo Electric Power removing …
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Did the Anti-GMO Movement Really Lose in Washington?
Thanks to increased consumer awareness and resistance against GMOs, the biotech and junk food lobbies were forced to spend twice as much money per capita in Washington State as …
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty Is the Complete Opposite of “Free Trade“
The TPP would strip our constitutional rights, while offering no gains for the majority of Americans. It's a win for corporations.
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What the Government Does with Americans’ Data
For the first time in one report, the Brennan Center takes a comprehensive look at the multiple ways U.S. intelligence agencies collect, share, and store data on average Americans.
Obamacare: The Republican Party’s Long Con
Republicans gave us two of the lamest House sessions in history, humiliating us internationally with crazed apocalyptic rhetoric while giving us the government shutdown and little else, the pundits …